Bilitis (1977)
Directed by David Hamilton

Drama / Romance

Film Synopsis

Bilitis is an attractive young girl from a comfortable background who is now a boarder at a private school of some repute.  Not yet a woman, she spends the summer with a married couple whose relationship has already started to fall apart.  Bilitis finds herself strangely attracted to the wife and devotes herself to finding her a suitable lover.  She finds a pretty local boy who appears to fit the bill...
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Film Credits

  • Director: David Hamilton
  • Script: Robert Boussinot, Catherine Breillat, Jacques Nahum, Pierre Louÿs (novel)
  • Cinematographer: Bernard Daillencourt
  • Music: Francis Lai
  • Cast: Patti D'Arbanville (Bilitis), Mona Kristensen (Melissa), Bernard Giraudeau (Lucas), Mathieu Carrière (Mikias), Gilles Kohler (Pierre), Irka Bochenko (Prudence), Jacqueline Fontaine (Head Mistress), Marie-Thérèse Caumont (Sub-Principal), Germaine Delbat (Principal), Madeleine Damien (Nanny), Camille Larivière (Susy), Catherine Leprince (Helen)
  • Country: France / Italy
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color (Eastmancolor)
  • Runtime: 89 min

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